---
name: "Tornado Elemental"
mana_cost: "{5}{G}{G}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Elemental"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "CMA"
set_name: "Commander Anthology"
collector_number: "159"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Richard Wright"
oracle_id: "822cecd9-f93e-4fd4-a496-9bec653b4099"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tornado-elemental-cma"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Tornado Elemental
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{G}{G}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, it deals 6 damage to each creature with flying.
You may have this creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Windstorm](/printing/windstorm-gvl.md) — Instant
2. [Torrent Elemental](/printing/torrent-elemental-frf.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Shredding Winds](/printing/shredding-winds-ths.md) — Instant
4. [Storm Spirit](/printing/storm-spirit-me2.md) — Creature — Elemental Spirit
5. [Hurricane](/printing/hurricane-10e.md) — Sorcery
6. [Gale Force](/printing/gale-force-chk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Anthology (CMA) #159
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Richard Wright

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`

## Official Rulings
- *(2018-04-27)* If blocked by a creature with banding, the defending player decides whether or not the damage is assigned “as though it weren’t blocked”.
- *(2018-04-27)* You can decide to assign damage to the defending player or planeswalker even if the blocking creature has protection from green or damage preventing effects on it.
- *(2018-04-27)* When assigning combat damage, you choose whether you want to assign all damage to blocking creatures, or if you want to assign all of it to the player or planeswalker this creature is attacking. You can’t split the damage assignment between them.